Rise and Shine Yoga 7:00-8:00am

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

Instructor: Katie KennedyA style of yoga that invites you to slow down and create space for stillness, nurture your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and fascia. By holding the postures for 2-5 min or longer, the deeper connective tissues are affected and improvement in flexibility is the result. The use of probs are encouraged in each posture so that the body feels supported and relaxed and then has the chance to release. This class is a great complement if you have an active lifestyle (active yoga, running, cycling, sports etc) or if you are wanting a calming, meditative type of practice. Suitable for all students.

Instructor: Katie KennedyThis active practice is dynamic in nature and creates mindful movements from one posture to the next and challenges you to find flexibility, strength and concentration with in your postures. A combination of sun salutations, standing postures, balances, twists, seated and lying postures are weaved together into a fun, themed class with music. This class creates a workout type feel while toning the body and clearing your mind. This is an athletic practice and it is recommended that students feel strong through classic sun salutations.

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

60 min Mat Pilates class series designed to strengthen your core function, mobility, tone, and connection. A special emphasis will be placed on core and pelvic floor restrengthening for postnatal clients or and busy moms who would benefit from this focused attention. Clients of all ages and physical fitness level are welcome. If you have recently given birth please ensure your medical professional has cleared you for physical activity.

Instructor: Karen SquiresA style of yoga open to everyone of all ages and abilities. Focus on moving with awareness, find stillness within the poses, engage in watching the interaction between body and mind. Strengthen your body, develop/maintain flexibility and balance. Incorporate simple meditation/breathing techniques and benefit from deep relaxation. A practice with the potential to stay with you, expanding beyond the mat sustaining daily life.

Starting Monday, July 9, from 2-3:30pm, this free-of-charge grief support group is offered in partnership between Comox Valley Hospice Society and Nourish Wellness. While this group is run on a monthly, drop-in basis, first time attendees must phone either Paula Purcell or Nicole Burgess for location and additional participation information.

This shared support can help you survive the stigma, silence and sorrow.

Instructor: Megan TomlinsonHatha Yoga 1-2 is a progressive series of classes designed to build strength and flexibility in the body while developing mindful awareness in each posture. Yogic philosophy, as it relates to practice on and off the mat, weaves throughout each class. Hatha Yoga 1-2 is open to beginners and advanced practitioners alike.

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

Instructor: Sue McGiffinYoga for kids is a balance between spontaneity and structure, kids learn to listen to each other as well as express themselves creatively. Kids learn best when they’re having fun so kids yoga classes interweave story, song, games and poses allowing children to learn in a multi-sensory environment which explores kinaesthetic (movement), visual, oral, inter-and intra-personal learning.

Kids will benefit by practicing in a non-competitive learning environment, developing and building strength, coordination, flexibility and balance. In addition to the physical benefits, yoga brings calmness and peace of mind allowing children to become more aware of their bodies, achieve better focus and concentration; or in yoga terms, creating mindfulness.

Instructor: Katie KennedyA style of yoga that invites you to slow down and create space for stillness, nurture your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and fascia. By holding the postures for 2-5 min or longer, the deeper connective tissues are affected and improvement in flexibility is the result. The use of probs are encouraged in each posture so that the body feels supported and relaxed and then has the chance to release. This class is a great complement if you have an active lifestyle (active yoga, running, cycling, sports etc) or if you are wanting a calming, meditative type of practice. Suitable for all students.

Instructor: Katie KennedyThis active practice is dynamic in nature and creates mindful movements from one posture to the next and challenges you to find flexibility, strength and concentration with in your postures. A combination of sun salutations, standing postures, balances, twists, seated and lying postures are weaved together into a fun, themed class with music. This class creates a workout type feel while toning the body and clearing your mind. This is an athletic practice and it is recommended that students feel strong through classic sun salutations.

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

Instructor: Karen SquiresA style of yoga open to everyone of all ages and abilities. Focus on moving with awareness, find stillness within the poses, engage in watching the interaction between body and mind. Strengthen your body, develop/maintain flexibility and balance. Incorporate simple meditation/breathing techniques and benefit from deep relaxation. A practice with the potential to stay with you, expanding beyond the mat sustaining daily life.

60 min Mat Pilates class series designed to strengthen your core function, mobility, tone, and connection. A special emphasis will be placed on core and pelvic floor restrengthening for postnatal clients or and busy moms who would benefit from this focused attention. Clients of all ages and physical fitness level are welcome. If you have recently given birth please ensure your medical professional has cleared you for physical activity.

Instructor: Karen SquiresA style of yoga open to everyone of all ages and abilities. Focus on moving with awareness, find stillness within the poses, engage in watching the interaction between body and mind. Strengthen your body, develop/maintain flexibility and balance. Incorporate simple meditation/breathing techniques and benefit from deep relaxation. A practice with the potential to stay with you, expanding beyond the mat sustaining daily life.

Combining yin and restorative yoga poses, this gentle and relaxing practice is excellent for those new to yoga, students working with injuries, and is a great compliment to more active yoga practices. In holding poses for longer periods of time, students are encouraged to turn in, let go, and restore. Leave each class with less tension in your muscles, more movement in your joints, and a deeper sense of calm in your body, mind, and spirit.

Instructor: Megan TomlinsonHatha Yoga 1-2 is a progressive series of classes designed to build strength and flexibility in the body while developing mindful awareness in each posture. Yogic philosophy, as it relates to practice on and off the mat, weaves throughout each class. Hatha Yoga 1-2 is open to beginners and advanced practitioners alike.

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

Instructor: Sue McGiffinYoga for kids is a balance between spontaneity and structure, kids learn to listen to each other as well as express themselves creatively. Kids learn best when they’re having fun so kids yoga classes interweave story, song, games and poses allowing children to learn in a multi-sensory environment which explores kinaesthetic (movement), visual, oral, inter-and intra-personal learning.

Kids will benefit by practicing in a non-competitive learning environment, developing and building strength, coordination, flexibility and balance. In addition to the physical benefits, yoga brings calmness and peace of mind allowing children to become more aware of their bodies, achieve better focus and concentration; or in yoga terms, creating mindfulness.

Instructor: Katie KennedyA style of yoga that invites you to slow down and create space for stillness, nurture your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and fascia. By holding the postures for 2-5 min or longer, the deeper connective tissues are affected and improvement in flexibility is the result. The use of probs are encouraged in each posture so that the body feels supported and relaxed and then has the chance to release. This class is a great complement if you have an active lifestyle (active yoga, running, cycling, sports etc) or if you are wanting a calming, meditative type of practice. Suitable for all students.

Instructor: Katie KennedyThis active practice is dynamic in nature and creates mindful movements from one posture to the next and challenges you to find flexibility, strength and concentration with in your postures. A combination of sun salutations, standing postures, balances, twists, seated and lying postures are weaved together into a fun, themed class with music. This class creates a workout type feel while toning the body and clearing your mind. This is an athletic practice and it is recommended that students feel strong through classic sun salutations.

Instructor: Alivia VeenstraCombining yin and restorative yoga poses, this gentle and relaxing practice is excellent for those new to yoga, students working with injuries, and is a great compliment to more active yoga practices. In holding poses for longer periods of time, students are encouraged to turn in, let go, and restore. Leave each class with less tension in your muscles, more movement in your joints, and a deeper sense of calm in your body, mind, and spirit.

Instructor: Alivia VeenstraFocusing on alignment and breath-led movement, this mild, vinyasa-styled flow will build strength and flexibility in the body, as well as peace and focus in the mind. By providing various modifications for poses and through the use of hands-on assists, this class is well suited to those new to yoga as well as those looking to deepen their existing practice. Drop-ins welcome.

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

Instructor: Karen SquiresA style of yoga open to everyone of all ages and abilities. Focus on moving with awareness, find stillness within the poses, engage in watching the interaction between body and mind. Strengthen your body, develop/maintain flexibility and balance. Incorporate simple meditation/breathing techniques and benefit from deep relaxation. A practice with the potential to stay with you, expanding beyond the mat sustaining daily life.

60 min Mat Pilates class series designed to strengthen your core function, mobility, tone, and connection. A special emphasis will be placed on core and pelvic floor restrengthening for postnatal clients or and busy moms who would benefit from this focused attention. Clients of all ages and physical fitness level are welcome. If you have recently given birth please ensure your medical professional has cleared you for physical activity.

Instructor: Karen SquiresA style of yoga open to everyone of all ages and abilities. Focus on moving with awareness, find stillness within the poses, engage in watching the interaction between body and mind. Strengthen your body, develop/maintain flexibility and balance. Incorporate simple meditation/breathing techniques and benefit from deep relaxation. A practice with the potential to stay with you, expanding beyond the mat sustaining daily life.

Combining yin and restorative yoga poses, this gentle and relaxing practice is excellent for those new to yoga, students working with injuries, and is a great compliment to more active yoga practices. In holding poses for longer periods of time, students are encouraged to turn in, let go, and restore. Leave each class with less tension in your muscles, more movement in your joints, and a deeper sense of calm in your body, mind, and spirit.

Instructor: Megan TomlinsonHatha Yoga 1-2 is a progressive series of classes designed to build strength and flexibility in the body while developing mindful awareness in each posture. Yogic philosophy, as it relates to practice on and off the mat, weaves throughout each class. Hatha Yoga 1-2 is open to beginners and advanced practitioners alike.

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

Instructor: Sue McGiffinYoga for kids is a balance between spontaneity and structure, kids learn to listen to each other as well as express themselves creatively. Kids learn best when they’re having fun so kids yoga classes interweave story, song, games and poses allowing children to learn in a multi-sensory environment which explores kinaesthetic (movement), visual, oral, inter-and intra-personal learning.

Kids will benefit by practicing in a non-competitive learning environment, developing and building strength, coordination, flexibility and balance. In addition to the physical benefits, yoga brings calmness and peace of mind allowing children to become more aware of their bodies, achieve better focus and concentration; or in yoga terms, creating mindfulness.

Instructor: Katie KennedyA style of yoga that invites you to slow down and create space for stillness, nurture your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and fascia. By holding the postures for 2-5 min or longer, the deeper connective tissues are affected and improvement in flexibility is the result. The use of probs are encouraged in each posture so that the body feels supported and relaxed and then has the chance to release. This class is a great complement if you have an active lifestyle (active yoga, running, cycling, sports etc) or if you are wanting a calming, meditative type of practice. Suitable for all students.

Instructor: Katie KennedyThis active practice is dynamic in nature and creates mindful movements from one posture to the next and challenges you to find flexibility, strength and concentration with in your postures. A combination of sun salutations, standing postures, balances, twists, seated and lying postures are weaved together into a fun, themed class with music. This class creates a workout type feel while toning the body and clearing your mind. This is an athletic practice and it is recommended that students feel strong through classic sun salutations.

Instructor: Alivia VeenstraCombining yin and restorative yoga poses, this gentle and relaxing practice is excellent for those new to yoga, students working with injuries, and is a great compliment to more active yoga practices. In holding poses for longer periods of time, students are encouraged to turn in, let go, and restore. Leave each class with less tension in your muscles, more movement in your joints, and a deeper sense of calm in your body, mind, and spirit.

Instructor: Alivia VeenstraFocusing on alignment and breath-led movement, this mild, vinyasa-styled flow will build strength and flexibility in the body, as well as peace and focus in the mind. By providing various modifications for poses and through the use of hands-on assists, this class is well suited to those new to yoga as well as those looking to deepen their existing practice. Drop-ins welcome.

An Ashtanga-style Vinyasa Flow class taught with inspiration and heart. The series will include a combination of sun salutations and a dynamic set of standing and balancing poses that will bring movement and openness to the body. You will feel ready to take on the day with increased energy, more movement in the joints, greater strength and a calm and focused mind.

Instructor: Karen SquiresA style of yoga open to everyone of all ages and abilities. Focus on moving with awareness, find stillness within the poses, engage in watching the interaction between body and mind. Strengthen your body, develop/maintain flexibility and balance. Incorporate simple meditation/breathing techniques and benefit from deep relaxation. A practice with the potential to stay with you, expanding beyond the mat sustaining daily life.

60 min Mat Pilates class series designed to strengthen your core function, mobility, tone, and connection. A special emphasis will be placed on core and pelvic floor restrengthening for postnatal clients or and busy moms who would benefit from this focused attention. Clients of all ages and physical fitness level are welcome. If you have recently given birth please ensure your medical professional has cleared you for physical activity.

Instructor: Karen SquiresA style of yoga open to everyone of all ages and abilities. Focus on moving with awareness, find stillness within the poses, engage in watching the interaction between body and mind. Strengthen your body, develop/maintain flexibility and balance. Incorporate simple meditation/breathing techniques and benefit from deep relaxation. A practice with the potential to stay with you, expanding beyond the mat sustaining daily life.

Recommendation:Please prioritize a plan for self care throughout the weekend of the training. It can be demanding and it is supportive to create space for integration and digestion of material. There is the possibility of being triggered by material or content that might come up in discussions, therefore please come prepared with tools and resources that support your nervous system.

The generative training will provide tools for understanding the impacts of stress and trauma on the nervous system and how this practice could facilitate peace building from within, through mending bodies and nervous systems. Participants will learn to foster this anti-oppressive approach to healing through the application of a trauma-informed lens. Developing an understanding of complex trauma, attachment theory, and the neuroscience underpinning the TCTSY methodology, participants foster skills to facilitate a movement and breath practice that could support healing from long-term trauma.

TCTSY is an adjunct treatment grounded in the western medical model with robust research demonstrating successful outcomes for those with treatment resistant Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This is the only yoga technique registered as an evidence based practice with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA) within the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) in the United States.

This training is the pre-requisite required to apply for the 300-hr TCTSY Certification Program with the Trauma Center.

As a passionate yoga practitioner, Nicola integrated yoga with her Masters in Social Work. Her practicum led to studying Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) in Boston at the Trauma Center. Learning with David Emerson, Director of Yoga Services and co-author of the book ‘Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga’ inspired her to keep developing her understanding and teaching this technique. She become a certified TCTSY Facilitator after the 300 hr certification in 2014 and has had the fortunate opportunity to work as a Faculty Member of the Trauma Center since then.

Nicola is a registered social worker (RSW) offering trainings within Western North America and Canada, as well as private TCTSY sessions and classes. In addition, she integrates yoga into wilderness expeditions to support therapeutic experiences and opportunities for healing, as well as within clinical settings.

Recommendation:Please prioritize a plan for self care throughout the weekend of the training. It can be demanding and it is supportive to create space for integration and digestion of material. There is the possibility of being triggered by material or content that might come up in discussions, therefore please come prepared with tools and resources that support your nervous system.

The generative training will provide tools for understanding the impacts of stress and trauma on the nervous system and how this practice could facilitate peace building from within, through mending bodies and nervous systems. Participants will learn to foster this anti-oppressive approach to healing through the application of a trauma-informed lens. Developing an understanding of complex trauma, attachment theory, and the neuroscience underpinning the TCTSY methodology, participants foster skills to facilitate a movement and breath practice that could support healing from long-term trauma.

TCTSY is an adjunct treatment grounded in the western medical model with robust research demonstrating successful outcomes for those with treatment resistant Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This is the only yoga technique registered as an evidence based practice with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA) within the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) in the United States.

This training is the pre-requisite required to apply for the 300-hr TCTSY Certification Program with the Trauma Center.

As a passionate yoga practitioner, Nicola integrated yoga with her Masters in Social Work. Her practicum led to studying Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) in Boston at the Trauma Center. Learning with David Emerson, Director of Yoga Services and co-author of the book ‘Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga’ inspired her to keep developing her understanding and teaching this technique. She become a certified TCTSY Facilitator after the 300 hr certification in 2014 and has had the fortunate opportunity to work as a Faculty Member of the Trauma Center since then.

Nicola is a registered social worker (RSW) offering trainings within Western North America and Canada, as well as private TCTSY sessions and classes. In addition, she integrates yoga into wilderness expeditions to support therapeutic experiences and opportunities for healing, as well as within clinical settings.

Recommendation:Please prioritize a plan for self care throughout the weekend of the training. It can be demanding and it is supportive to create space for integration and digestion of material. There is the possibility of being triggered by material or content that might come up in discussions, therefore please come prepared with tools and resources that support your nervous system.

The generative training will provide tools for understanding the impacts of stress and trauma on the nervous system and how this practice could facilitate peace building from within, through mending bodies and nervous systems. Participants will learn to foster this anti-oppressive approach to healing through the application of a trauma-informed lens. Developing an understanding of complex trauma, attachment theory, and the neuroscience underpinning the TCTSY methodology, participants foster skills to facilitate a movement and breath practice that could support healing from long-term trauma.

TCTSY is an adjunct treatment grounded in the western medical model with robust research demonstrating successful outcomes for those with treatment resistant Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This is the only yoga technique registered as an evidence based practice with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA) within the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) in the United States.

This training is the pre-requisite required to apply for the 300-hr TCTSY Certification Program with the Trauma Center.

As a passionate yoga practitioner, Nicola integrated yoga with her Masters in Social Work. Her practicum led to studying Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) in Boston at the Trauma Center. Learning with David Emerson, Director of Yoga Services and co-author of the book ‘Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga’ inspired her to keep developing her understanding and teaching this technique. She become a certified TCTSY Facilitator after the 300 hr certification in 2014 and has had the fortunate opportunity to work as a Faculty Member of the Trauma Center since then.

Nicola is a registered social worker (RSW) offering trainings within Western North America and Canada, as well as private TCTSY sessions and classes. In addition, she integrates yoga into wilderness expeditions to support therapeutic experiences and opportunities for healing, as well as within clinical settings.